Rayim of Hudson Valley

Self-direction gives the chance to choose your own services so you can live the life you want. By self-directing your services, you have more flexibility to choose the right supports for you, the staff you want to work with, and a schedule that works best.

Day habilitation: a daytime program that furthers consumers' individual goals of improving living skills, integrating into local communities and raising quality of life by providing all available resources necessary.

Community habilitation: hourly community habilitation services are habilitation services that are provided to individuals who do not reside in a residence which is certified or operated by opwdd. Supports include adaptive skill development, assistance with activities of daily living (hands-on), community inclusion and relationship building, training and support for independence in travel, transportation, adult educational supports, development of social skills, leisure skills, self-advocacy and informed choice skills, and appropriate behavior development to help the individual access their community.

Other programs provide other services to the developmentally disabled population. These programs include, supportive and round-the-clock supervised group residences where persons with special needs live as integrated members of the community, in home and site based respite, home family care (hfc), individual supports and services (iss). Additionally, children's home community based services (hcbs) offered support and services to children in non-institutionalized settings that enabled them to remain at home and in the community.